Watson, Maureen

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Watson, Maureen (1930-)
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Aboriginal Storyteller, Actor, Singer and Aboriginal activist
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Maureen Watson was born in Rockhampton in 1930. Of Biri descent, spent her early life in rural Queensland, moving to Brisbane with her five sons in 1970. She became heavily involved in the struggle for indgenous right and justice throughout the 1970s and 80s, as her participation in protests at the Brisbane Commonwealth Games testifies to. She has developed a well deserved reputation as a storyteller, her major medium for the promotion of Aboriginal culture.

Maureen Watson was born in 1930 in Rockhampton, Queensland, of Biri descent. She spent her early life in rural Queensland, left school at 13, married, and had five children. She later returned to school and matriculated, and then moved to Brisbane with her five sons to begin an arts degree at the University of Queensland in 1970. She completed two years of her course before the pressures of raising a family forced her to quit. Over succeeding years, she emerged as a poet, singer, actor and political activist. Moving to Sydney, she set up the Aboriginal Peoples Gallery in Redfern in 1981. She was at the forefront of the Aboriginal protests against the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane in 1982, and was arrested three times while participating in demonstrations. Black Reflections, a collection of her stories and poems, was published in 1982, followed by Kaiyu’s Waiting, a school kit of children’s stories, in 1984. She was the narrator for Robert Bropho’s film, Mundu Nyuringu, in 1983, and she appeared in Jack Davis’ play, The Honey Spot, in its 1986 tour of Victoria and New South Wales. Storytelling remained her major medium for promoting Aboriginal culture, and she has travelled widely in Australia, New Zealand and Europe to give storytelling presentations. Her stories tell about the Aboriginal experience of urban life. She now lives in Brisbane, as do her niece Roslyn Watson and her nephew Sam Watson Jr.

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  1. Maureen Watson
    Watson, Maureen
    [ Sound : 1980 ]
    At UQ Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.143)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.143)

  2. Kaiyu's waiting : n Aboriginal story / by Maureen Watson ; photographs by David Verrall
    Watson, Maureen
    [ Book : 1984-1995 ]
    At 32 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.115)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.115)

  3. From dreamtime to spaceships / Maureen Watson: Aboriginal storyteller ; [music by Michael Watson]
    Watson, Maureen
    [ Sound : 1984 ]
    At 18 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.108)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.108)

  4. "But most certainly I am Aboriginal": Maureen Watson speaks to Levy, Bronwen in Adelaide, in 1987
    Watson, Maureen
    Hecate
    [ Article : 1991 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.23)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.23)

  5. Kaiyu's waiting : an Aboriginal story / by Maureen Watson ; photographs by David Verrall
    Watson, Maureen
    [ Sound : 1984 ]
    At 9 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.153)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.153)

  6. Black reflections / by Maureen Watson
    Watson, Maureen
    [ Book : 1982 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.803)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.803)

  7. Black power ? ? Maureen Watson
    Watson, Maureen
    [ Book ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.607)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.607)

  8. Oedogonium / Ray Calvert and Maureen Watson
    Watson, Maureen
    [ Photograph : 1975 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.495)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.495)

  9. From dreamtime to spaceships / Maureen Watson , music by Michael Watson
    Watson, Maureen
    [ Book : 1984 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.419)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.419)

  10. In the footprints of our people : a story / by Maureen Watson ; Amy ; Raoul Wallenberg : between the lines
    [ Video : 1976-1987 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.396)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.396)

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  1. Maureen Watson
    Watson, Maureen
    [ Sound : 1980 ]
    At UQ Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.432)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.432)

  2. [Biographical cuttings on Maureen Watson, author, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.283)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.283)

  3. [Maureen Watson : Australian Art and Artists file]
    [ Published ]
    At State Library of VIC
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.31)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.31)

  4. "But most certainly I am Aboriginal": Maureen Watson speaks to Levy, Bronwen in Adelaide, in 1987
    Watson, Maureen
    Hecate
    [ Article : 1991 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.855)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 8.855)

  5. Aunty Maureen Watson: 9 November 1931 - 4 January 2009
    Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal
    [ Article : 2009 ]
    View online (access conditions)
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.708)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.708)

  6. Portraits of Australian Aborigines, 1981-1984 / photographed by Penny Tweedie
    Tweedie, Penny, 1940-
    [ Photograph : 1981-1984 ]
    View online
    At State Library of NSW
    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 1.388)

    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 1.388)

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    [ Photograph : 1975 ]
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  1. Website: Australian Women in War
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  2. Babies 'R' Us names new chief merchant.(Toys "R" Us Inc. appointed Maureen Watson )(Brief article)
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  3. RJ Temple buys up Essex firm.(Maureen Watson Financial Advisers)(Brief Article)
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  4. Ex-IFA 'hounded' by FOS over misselling claims.(Maureen Watson by Financial Ombudsman Service )(Brief article)
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.927)

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    Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954) Monday 25 October 1948 p 6 Article Illustrated
    ... MWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIttllllllll SOCIAL HAPPENINGS illllllMUMM^ MAUREEN QUINLAN, of Semaphore. South Australia, being; shown the walkie-talkie doll her uncle, Mr. George Watson, brought her from the Canary Islands. ... 26 words
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  3. ENGAGEMENT
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Monday 19 June 1950 p 10 Article
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